And ive got 9 holes, and 9 standoffs, so theres no extra. Its mind boggling how this has devellopped.....

And yeah, everyone has told me to check for extra standoffs, but there are none... I dont want to put the computer back together again until I find out exactly where its shorting because im running out of thermal paste lol

Ive been testing each component, one by one on the board.... It boots with JUST the cpu, in the case.... it will NOT boot with the grfx card.... So im assuming the I/O pci slots are shorting it somehow.... Going to put some black tape on them and see if that fixes it.... I feel like i dont know what. Jumping hoops haha... will report back if tape solves the problem

EDIT: the comp will not boot with any pci card installed. Sound card, grfx card, they all cause a short.... So its somewhere between the pci i/o and the mobo..... DERPPPP

it runs fine in my shinobi, but wont in my outlaw.... So ive got it running on air, and selling it on air. Ill be parting out my WC loop next week, along with the comp if it doesn't sell.

The only thing i can think of is that the water cooling tubing was pressing down on the mobo, and since the outlaw has such small clearance wit the shorter standoffs, it was just enough to bend the mobo and cause it to contact the mobo tray. Thats all I can think of. because, its running on air, the only thing missing is the watercooling